Most Watched MrBeast Videos on YouTube
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Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast) is the latest YouTuber to become a household name and the platform's current highest-earning content creator.
In July 2022, he reached a milestone over 100 million subscribers and has amassed a whopping 10 billion views on his videos, which involve game show-like challenges. They have made him a very rich man. He earned $54 million in 2021 alone.
These are the most popular MrBeast videos.
15. Last to Leave Circle Wins $500,000
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Year released: 2021
Number of views: 120,222,131
Bottom Line: Last to Leave Circle Wins $50,000
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What would you do for $500,000? In this challenge, MrBeast puts 100 subscribers in a circle to see how long they'll last. If they step outside of it, they lose.
There were mini-challenges along the way to keep things interesting. Some people won small amounts of money, and someone even won a Tesla.
This is part one of two-part video and is one of MrBeast's most viewed.
14. If You Click This Video, I'll Give My Friend $.001
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 122,678,440
Bottom Line: If You Click This Video, I'll Give My Friend $.001
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When someone looks at this video, a contestant MrBeast names gets one-tenth of a penny with every click.
In September 2021, the video had 106 million views, and the contestant received $106,000. As the views on the video continue to grow, so does the pot.
13. I Went Back to First Grade for a Day
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Year released: 2019
Number of views: 124,837,281
Bottom Line: I Went Back to First Grade for a Day
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Everyone has nightmares about going back to grade school, but MrBeast and his crew actually do it.
The guys take on a grade a day from first grade to 12th. They learn the material, take a test, and if they get over two questions wrong, they get pelted with water balloons.
The first person to pass 12th grade gets $10,000.
12. Would You Rather Have $100,000 or This Mystery Key?
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 125,316,542
Bottom Line: Would You Rather Have $100,000 or This Mystery Key?
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People who have seen game shows like "Let's Make a Deal" know how this particular video works.
The challenge here for contestants is taking the cash (a sure thing) or the mystery item, which may lead to something even more expensive.
Or does it?
11. Would You Rather Have a Lamborghini or This House?
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 126,794,911
Bottom Line: Would You Rather Have a Lamborghini or This House?
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Another "would you rather" challenge where the stakes are high, and most contestants make out well.
The Lamborghini and the house weren't the only challenges. Also among them were hitting a bulls-eye far away to win $100,000 and destroying a safe to win the expensive prizes inside.
10. Would You Sit in Snakes for $10,000?
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Year released: 2021
Number of views: 127,574,403
Bottom Line: Would You Sit in Snakes for $10,000?
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MrBeast hosts a wide variety of games among his subscribers and pals with some "Fear Factor" –like challenges involving snakes, rats, spiders and even a tub full of pickles.
One of his camera guys joined in on the action to win a few thousand dollars, but he first had to pet a cockroach.
This video is not for the squeamish, but the winnings are all the sweeter as a result.
9. Last to Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 128,476,749
Bottom Line: Last to Leave $800,000 Island Keeps It
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In 2020, MrBeast bought an island, with the express intention of having challengers play a series of games to win it.
In a video very much modeled on "Survivor," there were 10 games and 10 challengers, and the last person to complete them had to leave the island.
8. I Ate a $70,000 Golden Pizza
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 136,534,977
Bottom Line: I Ate a $70,000 Golden Pizza
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This video is one of the few that has nothing to do with winning monetary prizes.
Beast and his pals try a bunch of different food at different price points. They start with a $1 slice of pizza and work their way up in price.
The foods include $16 chicken wings, a $125 milkshake, a $2,000 steak, $5,000 tacos, and a $70,000 pizza, which was made with edible gold leaves and a whole lot of other expensive ingredients.
7. Going Through the Same Drive-Through 1,000 Times
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Year released: 2019
Number of views: 145,838,496
Bottom Line: Going Through the Same Drive-Through 1,000 Times
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MrBeast and crew attempt to go through a drive-through of a Hardee's restaurant a thousand times in one day.
If they fail to complete this task before it closes, they must work at the restaurant.
While a popular video, we're pretty sure these guys will never eat Hardee's again.
6. Anything You Can Fit in The Circle, I’ll Pay For
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 153,545,183
Bottom Line: Anything You Can Fit in The Circle, I’ll Pay For
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MrBeast goes to a variety of stores and makes both large and small circles. He asks random shoppers, from a new father to a couple who lost the contents of their home in a flood, to pick out what they want.
If they fit whatever they find in the circle without touching its sides, he will pay the tab.
While popular, this is also one of his most touching videos.
5. I Put 100 Million Orbeez in My Friend's Backyard
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Year released: 2018
Number of views: 156,474,007
Bottom Line: I Put 100 Million Orbeez in My Friend's Backyard
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As the title says, MrBeast buys millions of Orbeez and places him in a backyard. As you know, Orbeez expand with water and with rain on the way, anything can happen.
For the particular video, Beast was hit with a copyright claim for him and his friends singing"Living on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi.
However, it wasn't Bon Jovi or his label putting the claim forward. It was from a Canadian band called Trans-X, who had a 1983 hit, "Living On."
4. Press This Button to Win $100,000
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 158,547,904
Bottom Line: Press This Button to Win $100,000
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The Beast crew pushes the red button to take a challenge — which may or may be a punishment, like wearing pants full of mayonnaise — because there is a chance when they do, they'll win $100,000.
MrBeast removed some of the punishments from this video because it would have gone over an hour. He shows most of them for at least a few seconds.
3. I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive
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Year released: 2021
Number of views: 166,253,183
Bottom Line: I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive
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If you have claustrophobia, this may not be the video for you, but if you wish to overcome those fears, you'll be pleased to know that MrBeast handles being buried alive for 50 hours like a champ.
The coffin was climate-controlled, roomy (enough that he could turn around), and he was in constant contact with the world outside. There was even a medic on standby.
MrBeast almost makes being buried alive look comfortable, but don't try this at home.
2. I Spent 50 Hours in Solitary Confinement
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Year released: 2020
Number of views: 169,904,711
Bottom Line: I Spent 50 Hours in Solitary Confinement
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Before Beast was buried alive, he spent 50 hours in solitary confinement, which was actually harder for him than being in a coffin, as his friends did things outside the room to drive him mad.
The challenge for his pals was to try and get him to leave the room by creating various discomforts for him while he was inside. Who ever lost — either the people on the outside or Beast himself — would get slimed as punishment.
1. $456,000 Squid Game in Real Life
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Year released: 2021
Number of views: 224,972,575
Bottom Line: $456,000 Squid Game In Real Life
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Beasts' most popular video is one of his grandest. Here, he replicates all the "Squid Game" challenges, and 456 people compete for $456,000 dollars.
The budget for the "Squid Game" challenge was about $3.5 million — $2 million for production and $1.5 million in prize money.
Luckily for MrBeast, it's his most watched video. By late 2021, he allegedly made $700,000 from the video alone and gets additional revenue from his sponsors, so he likely broke even or even surpassed what he paid for it.